Espiritu Santo Springs Bank - Safety Harbor, FL

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: October 1, 1926*
Location: Safety Harbor, Florida (27.991, -82.693)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: a7037824

Response Measures

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Description

Article (Tallahassee Democrat, 1926-12-15) reports the Comptroller appointed a receiver for the Espiritu Santo Springs Bank. It states the bank closed on October (1926) and a receiver was named in December — no run is described. Bank type inferred as a state bank from regional name (no 'National'/'Trust' in title). OCR corrected spelling/spacing to 'Espiritu Santo Springs Bank'.

Events (2)

1. October 1, 1926* Suspension

Cause Details: Article does not specify a cause for the closure/suspension; only states the bank closed in October.
Newspaper Excerpt: The bank closed on October within short time
Source: newspapers

2. December 15, 1926 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Comptroller Ernest Amos has announced the appointment of Clarisse Owen McAfee, of Safety Harbor as receiver for the Espiritu Santo Springs bank, said to be the first woman receiving such an appointment.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 15, 1926 Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, FL

Article from Tallahassee Democrat, December 15, 1926

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Article Text

Aucilla river and WOMAN NAMED Greenville, six miles, and to this BANK RECEIVER plans have been sent to the Bu- Comptroller Ernest Amos has paving. The paving project in announced the appointment of Lake county, takes care porClarisse Owen McAfee, of Safety tion of the only remaining unpaved Harbor as receiver for the Esper- the gap that road. and remainitu Santo Springs bank, said to der of this will also be shortly gap the first woman receiving such an paved. appointment. The bank closed on The chairman announced that October within short time